Competition Tribunal confirms United Stations penalty for its role in advertising industry carter

23 Jun 2018

PBM The Competition Tribunal’s has confirmed as an order the administrative penalty of R423 920.73 imposed against United Stations by the Competition Commission as part of dealing with the broader  case of a cartel in the advertising...

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African National Congress condemns US withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council

23 Jun 2018

PBM South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has condemned the decision of the United States government to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council and in the same vein declared that  its criticism...

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A protest petition against the IAAF comes to support Caster Semenya, Dutee Chand and others

23 Jun 2018

PBM ProBonoMatters has launched an online protest/petition campaign condemning the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF’s) new rules that seek to regulate female testosterone levels. The petition can be accessed online on the following address: https://probonomatters.co.za/2018/06/sign-the-protest-petition-against-iaaf-we-are-caster-semenya-we-are-dutee-chand/. To sign...

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Why stereotypes of sexy women fans persist at the World Cup

22 Jun 2018

Kim Toffoletti, Deakin University Globally, women’s football fandom is on the rise, with women comprising around 40% of worldwide television audiences for the 2014 men’s football World Cup. Couple this with the growing prominence of the...

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Judgment paints a damning picture of prison life at Sun City

22 Jun 2018

By Ciaran Ryan 21 June 2018 Following a complaint that Sun City prisoners in Johannesburg were waiting 20 hours a day between meals, the South Gauteng High Court, on Friday, ordered the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) to ensure...

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Competition Commission latest decisions: Anglo American Inyosi, Assupol Holdings etc

22 Jun 2018

PBM South Africa’s Competition Commission has reached a number of key decisions on cases before it including the approval of the following mergers and acquisitions and also non referrals. Luvon Investments and Stylestar Investments v PHG...

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How to get a free B-BBEE certificate via the CIPC website: A step by step guide

21 Jun 2018

PBM Small enterprises can now apply and be issued with a Broad Based Black Economic (B-BBEE) certificate via website of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) and as part of the CIPC’s e-services. Lunched on 1...

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Net1’s bid to grow airtime distribution business gets blessing form competition police

21 Jun 2018

PBM Net1’s bid to consolidate its position in the mobile telecommunication market, and specifically in distribution of airtime, has received a boost with the Competition Tribunal approving a merger proposal between Net1 Applied Technologies South Africa and...

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10 behaviour groups that make South Africa go beyond race: Which one are you?

20 Jun 2018

SAtopShops A Brand South Africa market research project that took a bold mission of coming up with “a social segmentation model of the diverse and complex South African society” scooped two awards at the annual Southern African Market...

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ANC on entangled election processes in KZN, Free State, Eastern Cape, North West

20 Jun 2018

Ujuh Reporter A special session of the National Executive Committee of South Africa’s ruling party the African National Congress (ANC) met this week and made a number of resolutions about organisational election processes that are entangled in...

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World Cup comes to expose cracks in the Pan African project

18 Jun 2018

 Mahfoud Amara, Qatar University Africa is the world’s second most populated continent; it’s home to 54 countries. Yet, according to football umbrella body FIFA’s rules, only five African countries can qualify for the World Cup tournament...

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A new World Bank approach reveals new insights about South Africa

18 Jun 2018

Richard Calland, University of Cape Town The latest World Bank report on South Africa is not only remarkable for the collaborative method it employed, but also for some of the conclusions it reached on issues like...

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Ramaphosa on 16 June 2018: Young people are catalysts of social change

17 Jun 2018

“The spirit of Tata Mandela and Mama Sisulu lives on in the young people of this country. It lives on in their dreams, in their determination, in their struggle for a better life. It lives on...

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ORT and Chevron roll out code training in South African schools

16 Jun 2018

Ujuh Reporter ORT South Africa (ORT SA) and Chevron South Africa have joined forces to roll out a coding training program in previously disadvantaged schools, beginning with Ivory Park, a settlement next to Tembisa, north of...

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2018 World Cup prediction: Germany has the best chance followed by Brazil and Belgium

14 Jun 2018

By: SATopShops A civil engineering lecturer from Wits University, Charles MacRobert, submits that Germany, followed by Brazil and Belgium has the best chances of winning the 2018 World Cup when using civil engineering influenced predictive tools....

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Who will win the 2018 World Cup: here’s a prediction from an engineer

14 Jun 2018

Charles MacRobert, University of the Witwatersrand As a civil engineer I’m fascinated by predictions of who will win the FIFA World Cup finals in Russia, seeing that we use predictions on a regular basis in engineering....

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Unilever SA seeks to sell the spread business facing cartel investigation

14 Jun 2018

PBM Unilever South Africa seeks to sell its spreads business, Silver 2017, to Robertsons and has been given a conditional approval by the Competition Commission. The spreads business being sold is subject to a pending cartel investigation...

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Competition Tribunal finalises cases: Caxton/Ramsay Media, VKB Flour Mills etc

14 Jun 2018

PBM The Competition Tribunal has processed and finalised a number of cases in its files including amendment of the Caxton/Media Credit Co-Ordinators settlement to include Ramsay Media, approval of the merger of Philafrica Foods and savoury...

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Diversity Guide to Russia’s 2018 World Cup: Moscow in focus. Safety tips, LGBT+, racism etc

12 Jun 2018

PBM Concern that the 2018 World Cup in Russia might be spoiled by hate crimes, motivated by racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other discrimination, caused the Fare network to issue a  Diversity Guide to Russia. Here follows extracts from...

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Diversity Guide to Russia’s 2018 World Cup: Kaliningrad is relatively safe but…

12 Jun 2018

PBM Concern that the 2018 World Cup in Russia might be spoiled by hate crimes, motivated by racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other discrimination, caused the Fare network to issue a  Diversity Guide to Russia. Here follows their guide...

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